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Queen's Birthday Honours list announced
BY Pete Hayman | 14 Jun 2010
A number of leisure industry representatives are among the list of people that have been recognised as part of the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Mayor calls for London Harry Potter park
BY Pete Hayman | 10 Jun 2010
London mayor Boris Johnson has called on Harry Potter fans to lobby for the development of a new theme park dedicated to the fictional wizard in the UK capital.
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Bletchley Park archives to go online
BY Martin Nash | 08 Jun 2010
A vast collection of hitherto unseen historical documents stored at the World War II code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, is to be digitised and made available to the public online.
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HLF announces £17m skills investment
BY Pete Hayman | 08 Jun 2010
More than 50 training projects are set to benefit from a share of £17m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of its Skills for the Future programme.
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NHMF grant secures Broadlands Archives
BY Pete Hayman | 07 Jun 2010
The University of Southampton has been received a grant worth nearly £2m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) to help secure the Broadlands Archive for the nation.
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Brooklyn Bridge to get a makeover
BY Martin Nash | 03 Jun 2010
New York, US' iconic Gothic-style Brooklyn Bridge - linking Manhattan with the eponymous borough - is to get a US$508m (£346.2m, €415m) makeover.
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Upgrade for Disneyland Resort hotel
BY Martin Nash | 01 Jun 2010
As part of its current extensive renovation project, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, US, has announced substantial upgrades to the pool and courtyard areas of the Disneyland Hotel.
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V&A Dundee design shortlist announced
BY Pete Hayman | 01 Jun 2010
Six companies have been shortlisted as part of an international design competition to draw up plans for a landmark new building to house the proposed V&A at Dundee.
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A whole new AtmosFear at Liseberg
BY Martin Nash | 01 Jun 2010
The 146m-(479ft)high Liseberg Tower at the eponymous Swedish theme park, is to be turned into a free fall attraction.
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Whitney Museum to construct new building
BY Martin Nash | 27 May 2010
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York is to construct a new museum building in downtown Manhattan, with work commencing in May 2011.
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New paint job for Haddo's Canadian Hall
BY Martin Nash | 27 May 2010
The Canadian Hall at the National Trust for Scotland's Haddo House near Ellon is being repainted, after becoming a Category B listed building earlier in the year.
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AEG seeks to take over entire Olympic Park
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 26 May 2010
US entertainment giant AEG, which owns The O2, is bidding to take over the entire Olympic Park once the London 2012 Games have ended.
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Cedar Fair to offer US$500 worth of notes
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 25 May 2010
Cedar Fair, the Ohio-based amusement park company, has announced that it intends to offer US$500m worth of senior unsecured notes.
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Mount Rushmore's famous faces to be digitised
BY Martin Nash | 25 May 2010
A partnership formed of the US National Park Service, CyArk and the Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation, is using lasers to create a 3D digital scan of the four presidential faces on Mount Rushmore.
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Event to design new Hadrian's Wall museum
BY Pete Hayman | 25 May 2010
Event Communications has been appointed to design a new visitor attraction at Roman Maryport, Cumbria - part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.
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£3m funding for Jodrell Bank scheme
BY Martin Nash | 25 May 2010
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and the Northwest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) are to provde funding of £3.1m to kick-start the creation of a new Science Discovery Centre at Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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Isle of Man bids for World Heritage status
BY Martin Nash | 25 May 2010
Manx National Heritage (MNH) is making a bid to have two of the island's historic sites placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, a move for which the Isle of Man Council of Ministers has expressed its full support.
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DCMS announces £88m spending cuts
BY Pete Hayman | 25 May 2010
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed it will reduce expenditure by £88m in 2010-11 as part of government spending cuts totalling £6.2bn.
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